Impact of harvesting time and fruit firmness on the tolerance to fungal storage diseases in an apple germplasm collection

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-58

  Ahmadi Afzadi, Masoud ^a   Tahir, Ibrahim ^a   Nybom, Hilde ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bitter rot; Blue mold; Fruit texture; Malus domestica; PLS DA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 84875797360     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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